Tag: TELESCOPE

Hey, amateur astronomers, listen to this: A couple of at-home space nuts recently discovered a pulsar with a screensaver that uses idle PC time to process data collected from telescopes. By using Einstein@Home to 'donate' a PC's processors to the pursuit of science, the program harnesses thousands of willing computers, rather than one supercomputer, to analyze data. This helps on-the-clock ...

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently approved a miniature eye implant that promises to drastically improve vision in the elderly by replicating and enhancing the eye's natural lens. According to CBC News, VisionCare Ophthalmic Technologies got the go-ahead from the FDA to continue implanting a miniature telescope into the eyes of elderly people who are suffering from end-stage ...

If there's one thing Hollywood has taught us, it's that the Earth will most likely be destroyed by a flaming rock from outer space. Luckily, researchers are hip to this idea. According to Space.com, a massive telescope anchored in Hawaii houses the world's largest digital camera, which scans the sky for asteroids that could eradicate humanity. The PS1 telescope, which sits on a volcanic peak in ...

If nine-year-olds can work for Microsoft and become feared professional gamers, why can't a 14-year-old leave her mark on the world of astronomy? Oh, wait, she can -- as proven by Caroline Moore, a student from upstate New York who discovered an exploding star that occurred in a galaxy roughly 70 million light years away. All the way back in November, Caroline spotted the faint glow in the sky ...

The idea of a telescope fused directly into your eye may sound like a dream come true for impromptu stargazers, but the intent here is not for ocular astronomy. Rather, it's to help those suffering from age-related macular degeneration, or AMD. This condition results in the deterioration of eyesight (much like the deterioration of cashflow in the other AMD), creating a large blind spot in the ...

We've seen these zoom lens add-ons before. Now Brando's slapped together this 6x "Telescope" for the iPhone 3G -- a phone not exactly revered for its image quality. Just snap the unit to the back of the iPhone 3G and get to work. How good is it? About as bad as the $19 worth of optics within. Seriously, 19 bucks and available now. [From: Brando] ...

Instead of TiVo-ing a few episodes of Discovery's 'Planet Earth' series and calling yourself a nature lover, get out there and experience it for yourself! Enhance your live-action viewing pleasure with the diminutive Makroskop MS 82x5 from MINOX, which pulls double duty as both a telescope and microscope. In telescope mode, the $230 water-proof handheld wonder boasts a field of view of 375 feet. ...

If you're into the type of stargazing that requires looking at the heavens and not the latest copy of the Daily News, you probably know that astronomy ranks right up there with boating as one of the most potentially expensive hobbies around. Given that cost, if you're just getting started you might have a hard time moving past the sticker shock to find the right equipment. Are you looking for ...